XEMO in Tijuana, Mexico
- Station: XEMO in Tijuana, Mexico
Band: 860 KhZ AM
Date: February 24, 2021
About: XEMO-AM (860 AM, La Poderosa 860 AM), is a Spanish-language radio station that is based in Tijuana, but the signal can be heard as far away as Los Angeles. The station plays tropical music and is the only Spanish language AM station in San Diego that broadcasts music that reaches a far distance. XEMO is operated by San Diego based Uniradio, Inc., with the concession and transmitter owned by a Mexican company. Uniradio also owns several Spanish language radio stations that serve the San Diego-Tijuana radio market. XEMO is the Spanish flagship radio station of the San Diego Padres. They broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and drop to 7,500 at night.
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Notes: XEMO did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. I copied their logo from online.
XEPRS in Tijuana, Mexico
- Station: XEPRS in Tijuana, Mexico
Band: 1090 KhZ AM
Date: February 20, 2021
About: XEPRS-AM (1090 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Playas de Rosarito, a suburb of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. It broadcasts a Sports/Talk radio format, branded as "The Mightier 1090". The station is heard across the San Diego-Tijuana, Los Angeles-Orange County, Riverside-San Bernardino areas of Southern California. XEPRS is a Class A, 50,000 watt clear-channel station using a non-directional antenna in the daytime. Because it must protect other Class A stations on 1090 AM, it uses a three-tower array directional antenna at night. The transmitter is just off of Mexican Federal Highway 1D in Fraccionamiento Rancho del Mar. The daytime signal can be heard over much of Coastal Southern California and parts of Baja California. At night, the skywave signal extends over much of the West Coast of the United States and Northwestern Mexico. They broadcast with 50,000 watts during the day and at night.
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Notes: XEPRS did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. I copied their logo from online.
XEUT in Tijuana, Mexico
- Station: XEUT in Tijuana, Mexico
Band: 1630 KhZ AM
Date: February 14, 2021
About: UABC Radio is a radio station in the state of Baja California, with transmitters in Ensenada, Mexicali and Tijuana. The station is owned by the Autonomous University of Baja California and broadcasts a cultural radio format. They own three stations; XEUT is one. XEUT broadcasts with 10,000 watts during the day and 1,000 at night from Tijuana.
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Notes: XEUT did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. I copied their logo from online.
XEPE in Tecate, Mexico
- Station: XEPE in Tecate, Mexico
Band: 1700 KhZ AM
Date: February 19, 2021
About: XEPE-AM (1700 AM) is a radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, serving the Tijuana-San Diego area. The station's signal is owned and operated by Media Sports de México (itself owned by Mexican businessman Jaime Bonilla Valdez). The station airs the talk programming of El Heraldo Radio, a network co-owned with El Heraldo de México, a national daily newspaper. XEPE is on the air 24 hours a day at 10,000 watts in the AM expanded band, commonly known as the "X band". The 1700 kHz frequency has de facto clear channel status. There are no expanded AM band stations at 1700 AM in the United States west of Texas or in the rest of Mexico. Unlike most X-band stations in the U.S., which reduce their power to 1,000 watts at night, XEPE keeps its 10,000 watts of power around the clock. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with its transmitter in Cerro Jaramillo.
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Notes: XEPE did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. I copied their logo from online.
XEMP in Mexico City, Mexico
- Station: XEMP in Mexico City, Mexico
Band: 710 KhZ AM
Date: March 27, 2021
About: XEMP-AM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 710 AM, XEMP-AM is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a regional Mexican format under the name Radio 710. They broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and drop to 1,000 watts at night.
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Notes: XEMP did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. I copied their logo from online.
XEPPM-OC in Mexico City, Mexico
- Station: XEPPM-OC in Mexico City, Mexico
Band: 6085 KhZ Shortwave
Date: March 24, 2021
About: Radio Educación is a cultural radio station in Mexico, based in Mexico City. Radio Educación airs Spanish-language cultural and educational programming. The primary broadcast signal is XECPAE-AM (formerly XEEP-AM) 1060 kHz, broadcasting on a North American clear-channel frequency and sharing Class A status with KYW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Radio Educación also operates a shortwave station, XEPPM-OC on 6.185 MHz, and an FM radio station in Mérida, Yucatán, as well as FM stations to be built at Hermosillo, Sonora, and Morelia, Michoacán.
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Notes: XEPPM-OC did not respond to my postal request for a QSL.
XEWW in Tijuana/Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
- Station: XEWW in Tijuana/Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
Band: 690 KhZ AM
Date: January 24, 2021
About: XEWW-AM (690 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to the Tijuana/Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico. Its studios and offices are located in Burbank, California, United States and it is leased by H&H USA.
As of 2023 XEWW-AM is airing English Music (some of the music is covers or remixes of popular songs). The Radio Station doesn't air commercials or Idents but still airs Mexican PSA's as required during the top of the hour. It is unknown if XEWW-AM will stay like this or will find a new format.
XEWW is a high-powered Class A station, with its 77,000-watt daytime signal sometimes reaching as far as the middle of the San Joaquin Valley. It covers nearly all of Southern California and most of Baja California. XEWW operates with 50,000 watts at night as is required by the "Rio Treaty." This same treaty would normally allow XEWW to operate with a daytime signal of 100,000 watts. However, 77,000 watts was apparently selected as this power sends the equivalent of the station's former 50,000-watt daytime signal (from its original Tijuana site, since demolished) towards Los Angeles without also increasing its prohibited overlap with KIRN (670 AM) in Simi Valley and KSPN (710 AM) in Los Angeles (from its present Rosarito site).
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Notes: XEWW did not respond to my postal request for a QSL. They were playing Chinese music when I listened. News reports stated that Chinese investors purchased the station in 2018.